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ADVISING PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

Advising at the Labovitz School of Business and Economics (LSBE) is an important component of the commitment to a quality undergraduate experience for students. The academic advising of the School is embedded in the campus advising and counseling system, drawing upon the resources available from outside of the School and working collaboratively within the campus system where appropriate to do so. Academic advising within the Labovitz School of Business and Economics is consistent with the mission of the School, concentrating on efforts most complementary to its unique role on the campus.

Advising helps students identify academic, career, and life goals and explore possible courses of study which they can pursue to achieve those goals, as appropriate to their interests, skills, abilities and values. Through the advising and counseling processes, students may make a critical connection to the School and the campus. Students also learn the policies and procedures of the university, and the nature, variety, and purpose of courses and requirements.

Participants in the advising and counseling system seek to establish a concerned, open relationship with students, helping them adjust to the social and academic environment of the School and of the university while they pursue the courses of study that match their interests and abilities. Campus-level units in the system provide students with opportunities to develop self-understanding and self-acceptance. Advising can play a key role in assisting students to achieve academic success and to become productive citizens as they mature intellectually, personally and socially.

Advising is an active and mutually reinforcing relationship between student and university participants in the advising/counseling system. Successful advisement can only be achieved if each party assumes responsibility for his or her role in that relationship.

LSBE ADVISING OBJECTIVES

As an academic unit with specific program objectives, the LSBE advising system concentrates on students, academic concerns and progress appropriate to management education. While advising is currently not mandatory for LSBE students, they are strongly encouraged to make full use of the many advisement opportunities offered by the School and by other units within the campus system.

The primary objectives are:

• Provide opportunities for students to obtain assistance in the formulation of an educational plan consistent with their goals and objectives. (This would include the selection of majors, possible minors and desirable elective courses.)
  
• Provide feedback to students regarding progress toward established goals and educational plans and opportunities to evaluate or re-evaluate those goals and plans.
  
• Make accurate and timely information about institutional policies, procedures, resources and programs available to students.
  
  In order to achieve these objectives, an on-going training of peer and faculty advisors, along with an information dissemination program, will be maintained. In addition, periodic assessments of advising services will be conducted in order to determine if the above objectives are being met.
  
  Note: For the development of the advising philosophy, the initial sub-group on advising consulted materials previously developed by the National Academic Advising Association and the American College Testing Program, revising them as appropriate to the campus and the School.
  
  Passed by the LSBE Senate on May 11, 1998
  
  

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